Wednesday, September 1, 2010

It may be the first of September but it still feels like August here! All week we have been experiencing a heat wave!!

Last night I finished off August with another tough workout with the running club. After a warm up on the trails, we did 1000m at tempo pace as a group and then split up. I headed off with two other women to do 4x1 mile repeats. We decided to do the repeats on a loop at the park that is about 1200m long but has some rolling hills. Thankfully the other women had garmins otherwise I would not have known when we had reached a mile.

My legs felt dead after the first mile and I wondered how I was going to complete the whole workout. The rolling hills of the course did not help much in my pace and I was wishing we were at the track!

4x1 miles with 1 min rest in between7:05, 7:15, 7:29, 7:41

With last nights workout I finished August with 119.7 miles!! That is the most mileage I have ever run in one month! I was surprised with myself that I was able to increase from 20 miles a week to 25-29 miles a week and not feel completely wiped out. With the extra mileage I feel fitter and faster!

AWESOME run! that is pretty much a tempo run instead of repeats b/c 1-min rest in between and running on rolling hills... THAT is kick-a$$ and super hard and you guys pushed the pace, nice work!!! happy september!

Congratulations with your August mileage! It is so strange; I’m in South Africa so 1 September is the official start of spring for us. I’m not fast like you and train more for ultras. My August was 201.7 miles including zero speedwork.

Wow, I read your Tour de Pain post too, sounds like a brutal week. Way to go beating your record! I wanted to share an article with the local running community, and after reading your post on how hard you've pushed, you might find it useful too. It's about how Thai-Yoga Massage can help runners prevent pain and injury. Here's the link, if you'd like to read it: